I review children’s books from picture books to YA for Armadillo Magazine, The Children’s Book Review, iReadBooks Tours and was a former reviewer for the Children’s Book Council of Australia. Here you’ll find links to all of those reviews, guest posts, author interviews and giveaways.
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Book Review + Giveaway: The Dolphin Dentist
Title: The Dolphin Dentist: No Sharks Allowed | Author: Cheryl DaVeiga | Illustrator: Luis Peres | Genre: Picture Book | Publisher: Waterhole Productions LLC | Release Date: November 2023 Book Description: A “Fin-tastic” adventure Like No Other! Fearless Flossy, a mighty great white shark, has a secret—she’s terrified of going to the dentist. Dr. Dribble, the big-hearted dolphin dentist, has a jaw-dropping fear of…
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Book Review + Giveaway: A Cloud in a Jar
Title: A Cloud in a Jar | Author: Aaron Lewis Krol | Illustrator: Carlos Vélez Aguilera | Genre: Picture Book | Publisher: Page Street Kids | Release Date: October 3, 2023 | ISBN-13: 9781645679936 It’s just after midnight on Walton Wharf West, but there’s no time for sleeping―adventure awaits! Get dressed, grab your oars, let’s not delay. Lou Dozens…
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2023 Yeovil Literary Prize
I’m “over the moon” to learn that my middle grade manuscript, THE ALIENS ARE COMING! (I’m 99.36% sure this time.) has won the Yeovil Literary Prize in the Children’s & Young Adult category. Judged by the brilliant Hannah Gold, author of multi-award winning novels THE LAST BEAR, the newly released sequel FINDING BEAR and THE…
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Book Review + Giveaway: Saving the Sun
Title: Saving the Sun | Author: Emma Pearl | Illustrator: Sara Ugolotti | Genre: Picture Book | Publisher: Page Street Kids | Release Date: September 19, 2023 | ISBN-13: 9781645679882 Book Description: After an especially sweltering day, the ocean sparkles and twinkles so invitingly that instead of slipping beneath the horizon, the sun plunges into the ocean itself. When…
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Words to Write By
“We think of language as this tame thing that lives in neat garden beds, bound by rules and fences. Then someone shows it to you growing wild and beautiful… Breaking through any fence that would try to contain it.” – Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light
Stephanie Ward 